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But the hand of Yahweh was heavy on them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and struck them with tumors, even Ashdod and the borders of it.
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A Specific and Prophesied Plague
Commentators explain that the 'tumors' (or 'emerods') were likely a painful affliction like hemorrhoids, a specific curse God had previously warned about in Deuteronomy 28:27. Some ancient texts also mention a plague of mice, an ancient symbol of pestilence, afflicting the entire region of Ashdod.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Emerods is a corrupted form of the word “hemorrhoids.” It is mentioned in Deuteronomy 28:27 among the diseases with which God threatened to …
19th Century
Anglican
But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod. A painful and distressing sickness, perhaps in the form of tumors…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But the hand of the Lord was heavy on them of Ashdod Not only on their idol, but on themselves; it had crushed him t…
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